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this week, he warned that civil war could break out if president obama is elected. take a listen. >> what do you think he is going to do in the next term? he is going to try to hand over the sovereignty of the united states to the u.n. what is going to happen? i'm thinking civil unrest, civil disobedience. civil wars. woor 'not we are talking lexington, concord, take up arms and get rid of the guy. >> he says that they are going to bring troops in texas. he actually said that. we're going to play it in a minute. the texas democrats are calling for him to resign. ed lavendera joins me now from dallas. what is the latest on this? >> anderson, if you back up a bit, it's more amazing when you look at the context why all of this started. it had to do with a debate there in will you be lubbock county where the commissioners were debated to add extra taxes to add funding to the sheriff's department. you wonder, how do you go from debating that to talking like that. >> he is going to send in u.n. troops. i don't -- >> u.n. troops. >> with the little blue beanies. i don't wa
this week, he warned that civil war could break out if president obama is elected. take a listen. >> what do you think he is going to do in the next term? he is going to try to hand over the sovereignty of the united states to the u.n. what is going to happen? i'm thinking civil unrest, civil disobedience. civil wars. woor 'not we are talking lexington, concord, take up arms and get rid of the guy. >> he says that they are going to bring troops in texas. he actually said that. we're...
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in his closing argument just this last week, president obama asked his supporters to vote for revenge. for revenge. instead i ask the american people to vote for love of country. [ crowd chanting "u.s.a." ] together we must lead america to a better place. we're only two days away from a fresh start, two days away from the first day of a new beginning. my conviction this better days are ahead is not based on promises and rhetoric, but on solid plans and proven results and an unshakeable faith in the american spirit. if there's anyone worried that the last four years are the best that we can do, if there's anyone who wonders whether better jobs and better paychecks are a thing of the past, i have a clear and unquequivocable message. with the right leadership, america will come back. we're americans. we can do anything. the thing that stands between us and the best years we've known is lack of leadership. that's why we have elections. this tuesday is a moment to look into the future and imagine what we can do, to put the past four years behind us and start building a future. you saw the
in his closing argument just this last week, president obama asked his supporters to vote for revenge. for revenge. instead i ask the american people to vote for love of country. [ crowd chanting "u.s.a." ] together we must lead america to a better place. we're only two days away from a fresh start, two days away from the first day of a new beginning. my conviction this better days are ahead is not based on promises and rhetoric, but on solid plans and proven results and an...
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that's an average of about four visits per week. before mitt romney's well reviewed debate performances, an nbc-wall street journal poll found obama leading romney 51% to 43% among likely ohio voters. can a debate change ohio's democratic drift? the state's attorney general mike dewine and former governor ted strickland are next. there's big news. presenting androgel 1.62%. both are used to treat men with low testosterone. androgel 1.62% is from the makers of the number one prescribed testosterone replacement therapy. it raises your testosterone levels, and... is concentrated, so you could use less gel. and with androgel 1.62%, you can save on your monthly prescription. [ male announcer ] dosing and application sites between these products differ. women and children should avoid contact with application sites. discontinue androgel and call your doctor if you see unexpected signs of early puberty in a child, or, signs in a woman which may include changes in body hair or a large increase in acne, possibly due to accidental exposure. m
that's an average of about four visits per week. before mitt romney's well reviewed debate performances, an nbc-wall street journal poll found obama leading romney 51% to 43% among likely ohio voters. can a debate change ohio's democratic drift? the state's attorney general mike dewine and former governor ted strickland are next. there's big news. presenting androgel 1.62%. both are used to treat men with low testosterone. androgel 1.62% is from the makers of the number one prescribed...
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. >> president obama trying to bounce back from his debate performance hits the campaign trail this week making stops in california and the key battleground state of ohio. he is also expected to visit other swing states in the week and continue to prepare for the next presidential debate. >>> foreign policy will be in the spotlight tomorrow when mitt romney gives a speech at the virginia military institute. but the highlight of the week will be the vice presidential debate, joe biden and paul ryan face-off thursday in their only showdown in danville, kentucky. >>> while wall street gears up for earning season this week, a lot of big companies reporting, including alcoa, and jpmorgan chase, and will we see the third earnings declined in the third quarter. also ahead this week, the latest inflation data and a look at consumer sentiment. we will track that in the business news on cnn money. >>> and here is what we are watching this week. we are speaking with simmons. the daughter of kiss front man gene simmons. and also a few other big stars to stop by and talk hot topics with me on "showbi
. >> president obama trying to bounce back from his debate performance hits the campaign trail this week making stops in california and the key battleground state of ohio. he is also expected to visit other swing states in the week and continue to prepare for the next presidential debate. >>> foreign policy will be in the spotlight tomorrow when mitt romney gives a speech at the virginia military institute. but the highlight of the week will be the vice presidential debate, joe...
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meaning leaning obama. if you're looking at the big map, dark blue is solid democrat or solid obama. light blue leaning. because of our reporting in the state, i was there for a couple days this week, we're going to call wisconsin a toss-up state. it brings the math a little bit more in governor romney's favor. the president still leads 237 electoral votes we think are either soft or solid for president obama. 206 for governor romney. it takes 270 to win. if you look, ashley, remember, that area, this was all blue last time. we already say indiana is leading republican. ohio's a toss-up. now wisconsin and iowa. the midwest part of the country open fertile ground for the republicans. they hope the energy the party had there in 2010 continues on to november. >> what other scenarios can you cook up for me. >> if you take this as the map right now, and you see these yellow states, those are your toss-up state. almost impossible to see romney winning without florida. watch this state it the president's going to
meaning leaning obama. if you're looking at the big map, dark blue is solid democrat or solid obama. light blue leaning. because of our reporting in the state, i was there for a couple days this week, we're going to call wisconsin a toss-up state. it brings the math a little bit more in governor romney's favor. the president still leads 237 electoral votes we think are either soft or solid for president obama. 206 for governor romney. it takes 270 to win. if you look, ashley, remember, that...
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this week, obama called for people to vote on revenge. if a republican had done that, we would be banned from the country. >> look at the way the republicans spun what he said. here's what i think is true, i think both of these candidates have found their voice. i think people now, if you're watching tuning in now, you get a chance to see the best of both of them. >> that's why we're playing as much as we can. we'll get a glimpse at who the presidential candidates are, like you have never seen before. >>> the obama rally in cincinnati. there's the president. several weeks ago, cnn invited each campaign team to submit images from the last weeks of presidential candidates are, like you have never seen before. [ male announcer ] can a car be built around a state of mind? ♪ announcing the all-new 2013 malibu from chevrolet. ♪ with a remarkable new interior featuring the available chevrolet mylink infotainment system. this is where sophisticated styling begins. and where it ends? that's up to you. it's here -- the greatest malibu ever. ♪
this week, obama called for people to vote on revenge. if a republican had done that, we would be banned from the country. >> look at the way the republicans spun what he said. here's what i think is true, i think both of these candidates have found their voice. i think people now, if you're watching tuning in now, you get a chance to see the best of both of them. >> that's why we're playing as much as we can. we'll get a glimpse at who the presidential candidates are, like you have...
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last week, she said it was an achievement of the president's to have made the cuts. we think it is a mistake. there are people out there right now many of whom are watching your program who are now shopping for new private health care, because their medicare advantage program is being cut by this president. as i said, whatever changes get made to medicare under romney/ryan administration, will not affect current seniors. this president cannot say the same. he went in and raided medicare to pay for obama care. that was a mistake. by the way, this is the first election cycle i can remember where democrats are on the defensive because of medicare. the reason they are on the defensive is because of the mistake that they made to raid medicare to pay for a massive new entitlement called obama care. >> this is a concern for you campaign. you wouldn't have paul ryan with his mother down there in the villages if you didn't have some selling to do. you do have some selling to do down in florida. >> actually, it is not a concern. >> not a concern. >> if you look at the last few
last week, she said it was an achievement of the president's to have made the cuts. we think it is a mistake. there are people out there right now many of whom are watching your program who are now shopping for new private health care, because their medicare advantage program is being cut by this president. as i said, whatever changes get made to medicare under romney/ryan administration, will not affect current seniors. this president cannot say the same. he went in and raided medicare to pay...
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you can watch the vice presidential debate right here on cnn this week. joe biden/paul ryan go at it on thursday. the coverage begins at 7:00 eastern time. >>> the rumble in the air-conditioned auditorium lived up to the name last neat. fox news host bill o'reilly and jon stewart faced off in a debate at george washington university. some found it more entertaining than the presidential one. >> in man has offended -- this man over here has offended every single american. are you go to stand there -- are you sitting or standing? >> i read the bible. >> we are only as good as dpaish. >> i am short, but when you tell me i'm short, i don't blame the liberal weights or measures bureau or suggest my numbers are skews and i'm really 6'1" if only the lame street media would tell people. i trust i'm 5'7". >> you don't know this, but the feds pay for that licft. all right? >> if you missed it last night watch it online at therumble2012.com. >>> people are lining up to stroet for president, but the man they hope to elect is in ven venezuela. we'll go there live. the
you can watch the vice presidential debate right here on cnn this week. joe biden/paul ryan go at it on thursday. the coverage begins at 7:00 eastern time. >>> the rumble in the air-conditioned auditorium lived up to the name last neat. fox news host bill o'reilly and jon stewart faced off in a debate at george washington university. some found it more entertaining than the presidential one. >> in man has offended -- this man over here has offended every single american. are you...
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just last week jeb bush talked about animal spirits, an economic term, and mitt romney was talking about quinn tiles for income. when business openers hear that they think, they speak my language. when they hear barack obama, there's something rightly or wrongly, that they would do better under -- >> i have to push back on that. i have had a lot of small business openers on my show, i've had folks from the latino chamber of commerce who say, look, most of our customers are small business. president obama says the small businesses won't be impacted as a result? how can we say what most small businesses, we are talking about 97% -- >> it's perception. >> it is also what we say. when we articulate that most of all businesses out there don't like this issue, when you say 97% are making less than $250,000, that's the 3% we are talking about. so we are putting 3% over the 97%. if you want to say most, i say 97% trumps 3. >> ali velshi said barack obama could be bad for the rich people. >> well, more costly. >> bad if you don't like to pay more money in your taxes, i think that's fair to say, s
just last week jeb bush talked about animal spirits, an economic term, and mitt romney was talking about quinn tiles for income. when business openers hear that they think, they speak my language. when they hear barack obama, there's something rightly or wrongly, that they would do better under -- >> i have to push back on that. i have had a lot of small business openers on my show, i've had folks from the latino chamber of commerce who say, look, most of our customers are small business....
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i saw the old obama. i saw him four years ago and he was doing that thing on the stump and he was emotional, he was passionate. that in the end was a connection to people i just don't think mitt romney ever established. >> no. well, i think people needed to see it so badly from president obama and that's really the first debate, what went so abysmally wrong that he didn't have his head in the game and mitt romney did. had it not been for that debate there would have been a more clear-cut definition of some sort that he was going to have this kind of sweeping win that he did have, then you look at what happened and he had this week before the election step up, show leadership, this horrible tragedy and remind everyone that we're all americans and we need to be there for one another. >> i think i just don't think the hurricane won him the election. i think it's too trite to say, easy excuse for the republicans. let's keep the tension and the pot boiling. when i come back, i want to know if america is becomi
i saw the old obama. i saw him four years ago and he was doing that thing on the stump and he was emotional, he was passionate. that in the end was a connection to people i just don't think mitt romney ever established. >> no. well, i think people needed to see it so badly from president obama and that's really the first debate, what went so abysmally wrong that he didn't have his head in the game and mitt romney did. had it not been for that debate there would have been a more clear-cut...
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we are gathered here today to send the message to the obama-biden team that we did build it. >> mcmurray declined request from the vice president team last week to allow vice president biden to visit his bakery. he was reacting specifically to this statement in the recent past from the president. >> if you are successful somebody along the line gave you some help. there was a great teacher somewhere in your life. somebody helped to create thm unbelievable american system that we have that allowed you to thrive. somebody invested roads and bridges. if you got a business, you didn't build that. somebody else made that happen. >> here is a little tidbit for you now. wbdj, since news of turning down the vice president not having the photo op happening in his bakery, business has been booming for him. >>> within the past hour we've heard from both presidential candidates. we'll begin with president obama. he spoke to students on the topic of education in las vegas. >> an education is not something you receive passively. we don't just tip your head over and pour education into your ear. you've
we are gathered here today to send the message to the obama-biden team that we did build it. >> mcmurray declined request from the vice president team last week to allow vice president biden to visit his bakery. he was reacting specifically to this statement in the recent past from the president. >> if you are successful somebody along the line gave you some help. there was a great teacher somewhere in your life. somebody helped to create thm unbelievable american system that we...
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this week. christie, while thanking obama must redeclare for romney or take blame for the next four dire years. anderson cooper looking where they focus their attention or whether the battleground state hold any surprises. countdown to election day, that airs tomorrow night at 8:00 eastern. >>> and now to the latest on superstorm sandy. after much criticism, new york mayor michael bloomberg canceled the new york city marathon for the first time in its 42-year history. it was set to take place, as you know, tomorrow. bloomberg insisted the race would not have required dive diverting resources from the recovery effort, but it was clear that the marathon was controversial and divisive. >> the race typically attracts 47,000 runners from all over the world and 12,000 volunteers and more than 2 million spectators. critics say it just wasn't right to use generators for the marathon when some people had not had food and power for days. >>> the lights are starting to come on for families in the northeast
this week. christie, while thanking obama must redeclare for romney or take blame for the next four dire years. anderson cooper looking where they focus their attention or whether the battleground state hold any surprises. countdown to election day, that airs tomorrow night at 8:00 eastern. >>> and now to the latest on superstorm sandy. after much criticism, new york mayor michael bloomberg canceled the new york city marathon for the first time in its 42-year history. it was set to...
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put aside the re-election of barack obama and consider what else happened this week. three states voted to legalize same-sex marriage, which is the civil rights cause of our times. one day we will look back and wonder how people could have been so willing to deny equal treatment under the law to a small minority. and tuesday will stand as one of the most important moments marking the end of that cruelty. two other states voted to legalize recreational use of marijuana, which will mark the beginning of the end of the war on drugs. this may be the most costly and futile war the united states has ever waged. we've spent $1 trillion to fight this war without reducing availableability of drugs while also destroying our pea nal system. according to data from the oecd. about 1 president 6 million americans were arrested in 2010 on drug charges, most for using marijuana. this week's votes indicates that americans have begun rethunking these policies, perhaps moving toward ones that would deprive drug cartels of their huge profits and allow police to focus on serious crime. pe
put aside the re-election of barack obama and consider what else happened this week. three states voted to legalize same-sex marriage, which is the civil rights cause of our times. one day we will look back and wonder how people could have been so willing to deny equal treatment under the law to a small minority. and tuesday will stand as one of the most important moments marking the end of that cruelty. two other states voted to legalize recreational use of marijuana, which will mark the...
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paul ryan may help or hurt, but it's romney and obama. how do they do it next week? what's the challenge for governor romney? >> i think the challenge is he's got to reintroduce himself to the american public. you've seen all summer where the democrats again have been pretty expert at focusing on bain, focusing on the layoffs, they're taking away his main argument, which is that he's a job creator. i think that's a challenge there. you obviously see ann romney there. they'll try to humanize him with that lavish video about his bio. i think that's a challenge. really having a message that people can -- that resonates with people. >> i think humanizing is so important. my sense is that a lot of american people just don't feel like they know mitt romney that well. he's a little bit of a cipher. he doesn't want to talk about his time as governor, doesn't want to talk about bain, even his religion is a little sensitive. they really these to introduce him and personalize him and humanize him. that's the thing that's really hindering him right now. zblooib >> thank you very
paul ryan may help or hurt, but it's romney and obama. how do they do it next week? what's the challenge for governor romney? >> i think the challenge is he's got to reintroduce himself to the american public. you've seen all summer where the democrats again have been pretty expert at focusing on bain, focusing on the layoffs, they're taking away his main argument, which is that he's a job creator. i think that's a challenge there. you obviously see ann romney there. they'll try to...
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don't expect president obama to lay low during the week ahead. he is also visiting swing states and raising campaign cash with the help of some n bchl a stars. here is dan lothian. >>> the president will be heading out to nevada. that's an important state for the president. he has gone there talking about what he has been doing to help the homeowners that have the upside down mortgages. that is a state that has been impacted by the downturn in the real estate market. the president visiting that key state and going to the state of ohio. that's a place where recently he had that bus tour, has been spending a lot of time in the state. he is ahead in the polls. both states critical to deciding who wins the white house. of course, the president also going to new york. new york city, as you know, a lot of money there. he will be going to collect some campaign cash to fuel this competitive race. >> new york more of an atm than a swing state. how do they view this in the obama campaign? they understand the ebb and flow of campaigns. mitt romney will domi
don't expect president obama to lay low during the week ahead. he is also visiting swing states and raising campaign cash with the help of some n bchl a stars. here is dan lothian. >>> the president will be heading out to nevada. that's an important state for the president. he has gone there talking about what he has been doing to help the homeowners that have the upside down mortgages. that is a state that has been impacted by the downturn in the real estate market. the president...
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president obama taking his message of middle class tax cuts back on the road. he will visit a engine plant in detroit tomorrow. it will pull him into michigan's right to work legislation that limits union ability to organize workers. have you ever fallen asleep by watching tv only to be blasted away by a loud add? >> wow, that's a low price! >> starting thursday, the commercial advertisement loudness mitigation act goes into effect. the law which congress passed in 2010 bans adds from being louder than the tv program they're interrupting. we'll talk about that presidential trip to michigan, and what he'll say about the union showdown there. with the spark cash card from capital one, olaf's pizza palace gets the most rewards of any small business credit card! pizza!!!!! [ garth ] olaf's small business earns 2% cash back on every purchase, every day! helium delivery. put it on my spark card! [ pop! ] [ garth ] why settle for less? great businesses deserve the most rewards! awesome!!! [ male announcer ] the spark business card from capital one. choose unlimited re
president obama taking his message of middle class tax cuts back on the road. he will visit a engine plant in detroit tomorrow. it will pull him into michigan's right to work legislation that limits union ability to organize workers. have you ever fallen asleep by watching tv only to be blasted away by a loud add? >> wow, that's a low price! >> starting thursday, the commercial advertisement loudness mitigation act goes into effect. the law which congress passed in 2010 bans adds...
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last week, president obama's offer to avoid the fiscal cliff was laughed at by republicans. this week, the gop countererred. extend the bush tax cuts to everyone, including the rich. revenue, cost savings, cutting, whatever you want to call it from vague areas such as closing, special interest loopholes and deductions, savings from health care and cuts in discretionary spending. other than that, no specifics. president obama wasn't feeling it. he said the gop must agree to one thing to get anywhere close do a deal. >>. >> wee going to have to see the rates on the top 2% go up and we're not going to be able to get a deal without it. >> speaker boehner fired back. >> this week, we made a good faith offer to avert the fiscal crisis. now, we need a response from the white house. we can't sit here and negotiate with ourselves. >> so, here we are, just over three weeks from going over the fiscal cliff. you're probably getting a lot of stuff around the house this weekend wondering what the heck is going on in these houses in washington. this is the worst of american politics. they
last week, president obama's offer to avoid the fiscal cliff was laughed at by republicans. this week, the gop countererred. extend the bush tax cuts to everyone, including the rich. revenue, cost savings, cutting, whatever you want to call it from vague areas such as closing, special interest loopholes and deductions, savings from health care and cuts in discretionary spending. other than that, no specifics. president obama wasn't feeling it. he said the gop must agree to one thing to get...
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that's why you're seeing president obama here today. we saw joe biden here last week. but paul ryan was here yesterday. mitt romney will be here tomorrow. bill clinton last night and this morning. there is a lot of surrogate traffic and part of that is because early voting is under way right now and goes on through tomorrow. and both sides are really trying to energize people and get them out to the polls during this week. >> brianna, i'm looking behind you. just quickly peek over the back of your shoulder to your left, air force one just came right into a perfect view for us. thank you very much. but i want to ask you, this was a campaign stop in green bay that was really supposed to happen tuesday, which the president cancelled because of the storm and emergency work that he needed to do. so what did they do? did they go on with the event as scheduled and then add this one, or have they just rejigged the schedule? >> reporter: they sort of adjusted it a little bit. i think it was an evening event was the idea on tuesday. but for instance, charles woodson, who, yes, d
that's why you're seeing president obama here today. we saw joe biden here last week. but paul ryan was here yesterday. mitt romney will be here tomorrow. bill clinton last night and this morning. there is a lot of surrogate traffic and part of that is because early voting is under way right now and goes on through tomorrow. and both sides are really trying to energize people and get them out to the polls during this week. >> brianna, i'm looking behind you. just quickly peek over the...
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he can't move away from the basics in the next few weeks. he has to get out there and be on offense about what it is and do it. what this means is that the obama people see a new opening here. from their point of view, they don't want 87 days talking about jobs. now they have a chance to talk about medicare and saving medicare as well as jobs and from their point of view they welcome that. >> and the republicans say they're anxious to discuss medicare, although john avlon, if you look at the paul ryan plan on medicare, he says no one over 55 is going to be impacted by his proposals for change. people under 55 will be impacted and there will be some dramatic change, if he were to get his way. now the key word, if, because while it does get support in the house of representatives you would need the senate to go along. you would need a president to sign it into law. it's by no means a done deal. >> it absolutely isn't and whenever talk when entitlement reform done, the med ascare comes up. this is the clear risk of mitt romney tapping paul ryan
he can't move away from the basics in the next few weeks. he has to get out there and be on offense about what it is and do it. what this means is that the obama people see a new opening here. from their point of view, they don't want 87 days talking about jobs. now they have a chance to talk about medicare and saving medicare as well as jobs and from their point of view they welcome that. >> and the republicans say they're anxious to discuss medicare, although john avlon, if you look at...
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>> well, carol, not only does the gop view it, but the obama campaign. the 13 electoral votes on the line in the commonwealth of virginia. president obama won it in 2008. he was the first democrat to do so since lyndon johnson did in 1964. let's put this in just basic mathematics. the state that i sit in right now, florida. if barack obama wins it, mitt romney has to clear the board on all the other toss-up states including virginia. virginia is seen as a key right now for the republicans to take back the white house. and that's why we're seeing paul ryan down there right now campaigning, carol. >> i want to talk a little bit about the man who could be the new joe the plumber. tell us about this baker in virginia. and the point he is making as paul ryan comes to visit. >> sure. now what happened was that joe biden was down there campaigning himself. he sent an advanced team in to go to a bakery down in ratford, a very republican area, except for a little piece it's next to, montgomery county where virginia tech is. the obama team went in and asked the ow
>> well, carol, not only does the gop view it, but the obama campaign. the 13 electoral votes on the line in the commonwealth of virginia. president obama won it in 2008. he was the first democrat to do so since lyndon johnson did in 1964. let's put this in just basic mathematics. the state that i sit in right now, florida. if barack obama wins it, mitt romney has to clear the board on all the other toss-up states including virginia. virginia is seen as a key right now for the republicans...
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i was asking you if it was a rough week. >> for obama, yes. >> let's talk about -- if you think about much of the conversation on the democratic side was about joe biden. replaying his remarks in front of an audience. talk about being off message and having a lot of the conversation about something. >> yes, i agree. joe biden's remarks were definitely off message. i wish he hadn't used those word. it frankly gives republicans exactly what they want. which is a distrx to not talk about medicare. because i really do think they believe that is not a winning argument for them. when joe biden talked about the -- what he should have said in terms of unshackling but he used the unchain word, that was unfortunate -- >> wait, wait, you're not telling me the difference between unshackling and unchained -- >> no. the words he used actually distracted from the message he was trying to deliver. is to put american voters back in the mercy or at the mercy of wall street. and that message was a little bit diluted, given his choice of words. >> there's always next week, that's for sure. >> i would lik
i was asking you if it was a rough week. >> for obama, yes. >> let's talk about -- if you think about much of the conversation on the democratic side was about joe biden. replaying his remarks in front of an audience. talk about being off message and having a lot of the conversation about something. >> yes, i agree. joe biden's remarks were definitely off message. i wish he hadn't used those word. it frankly gives republicans exactly what they want. which is a distrx to not...
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i was just in ohio this week and i can tell you, looking at the polls, you thought obama's going to win it but if you talk to people on the ground, they say that's not the feeling we have here, especially the republicans. they're pretty confident they will have a big turnout coming from the evangelicals, for example. >> gloria, with unemployment numbers out today, obviously doesn't seem like the numbers have had much of an impact on the polls one way or another the past few months. is there any reason to think this month might be different so close to election day? >> no, i don't think it's really going to have any impact, because you can look into these numbers today and you can take out of it -- each side can take something out of it, a slight uptick in the unemployment rate. mitt romney can point to that and say you know what, things are not going in the right direction. the president can say there was more job creation than some anticipated, that this is a recovery, that is continuing, that it is not sporadic, that he has created five and a half million jobs. so you know the argumen
i was just in ohio this week and i can tell you, looking at the polls, you thought obama's going to win it but if you talk to people on the ground, they say that's not the feeling we have here, especially the republicans. they're pretty confident they will have a big turnout coming from the evangelicals, for example. >> gloria, with unemployment numbers out today, obviously doesn't seem like the numbers have had much of an impact on the polls one way or another the past few months. is...
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but i have to tell you that there was a certainty about the obama campaign even two weeks out. i talked to a senior strategist who said i'm not, you know, i'm not kidding you here. that's cleaned up version. i'm not kidding you here, candy,ly show you the figures afterwards. we have this. they were certain. there was an optimism in the romney camp. but it wasn't based on the numbers. it was based on the feel of things. and one thing you know when you cover a campaign, the feel of things can be really deceiving. >> numbers are more important than an -- >> if there is a mandate coming out of this, it is that you saw in the exit polls by a two-to-one margin, people believe there should be a path to citizenship for immigrants in this country. and i think if there's any mandate for republicans and democrats coming out of this, it is to get immigration reform done. >> we're going to have much more on this part of the story. i'm taking another look at their strategy going down the road. guys, thanks very much. mitt romney's kept a low profile today. we got a glimpse of him when his cl
but i have to tell you that there was a certainty about the obama campaign even two weeks out. i talked to a senior strategist who said i'm not, you know, i'm not kidding you here. that's cleaned up version. i'm not kidding you here, candy,ly show you the figures afterwards. we have this. they were certain. there was an optimism in the romney camp. but it wasn't based on the numbers. it was based on the feel of things. and one thing you know when you cover a campaign, the feel of things can be...
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but he did take some time. >> i think this is a very good week for barack obama because he did a good job. good government is good politics here. he did a good job. >> let's face it, there are still a lot of people in a lot of hurt without electricity who are still cold that can't get something, it hasn't been like okay, it's all done now. on the chris christie front, isn't there some sort of overwording of this? >> i think there are some people who listen to chris christie's speech and thought it was more about him than about mitt romney, and i think there are those that watched chris christie this week and thought it was more about him than about mitt romney. that may say a lot more about chris christie than anything else. >> chris christie is the guy who just a couple of weeks ago was saying barack obama couldn't find a light switch in a dark room. no matter which way he goes, he always overwords. >> the checks will come to new jersey at any rate. when we return, minority leader nancy pelosi's september prediction for tuesday's election. >> we have a message. we have the messengers
but he did take some time. >> i think this is a very good week for barack obama because he did a good job. good government is good politics here. he did a good job. >> let's face it, there are still a lot of people in a lot of hurt without electricity who are still cold that can't get something, it hasn't been like okay, it's all done now. on the chris christie front, isn't there some sort of overwording of this? >> i think there are some people who listen to chris christie's...
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he fired up the obama base. gave it some energy. they could have taken away his laughing gas a little earlier, he was charming joe biden tonight. that wasn't his mission. i thought ryan proved himself unexpectedly confidence on foreign policy, reasonable, and not a scary republican that everybody was warned about. and i have to agree with david, a draw tonight, but ryan looked reasonable. onto the next one. >> it was interesting to see vice president biden continue to inject himself, even when ryan was talking. some would say he was annoying. the. >> romney has moved up, not that obama moved down. people thought better of romney and he began to move up. biden put romney on trial. my twitter, e-mail, on fire this is exactly the debate performance that democrats needed. biden showed fire. the one condescending moment when paul ryan look at him and said i know are you under a lot of duress. whoa, sunny boy! >> romney is a good man. he cares about 100% of meamerics in this country. with respect to that quote, i think the vice president
he fired up the obama base. gave it some energy. they could have taken away his laughing gas a little earlier, he was charming joe biden tonight. that wasn't his mission. i thought ryan proved himself unexpectedly confidence on foreign policy, reasonable, and not a scary republican that everybody was warned about. and i have to agree with david, a draw tonight, but ryan looked reasonable. onto the next one. >> it was interesting to see vice president biden continue to inject himself, even...
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in the final weeks not only was he not going on "the view" or "the daily show" as barack obama did he barely gave any interviews at all. you were along for that ride. what was it like being in the bubble? >> there wasn't a lot of access to the candidate. the advisers were around in the last weeks, you could talk to them. >> on the record? >> talk to them on the record. you could do that. but as far as the candidate himself, no. the last day of the campaign he came back to the back of the plane with a couple of reporters. but aside from that there wasn't a lot. but at the same time the president wasn't that open to reporters either. >> he wasn't. having his first post-election news conference this wednesday. we talked earlier about david petraeus and how maybe he's getting more sympathetic treatment for his fall of grace because he cultivated journalists. how much did romney's inaccessibility as a candidate affect the coverage in your view if at all? >> i think it's hard because john mccain of course had a very good relationship with the press and it's not like anyone pulled any punche
in the final weeks not only was he not going on "the view" or "the daily show" as barack obama did he barely gave any interviews at all. you were along for that ride. what was it like being in the bubble? >> there wasn't a lot of access to the candidate. the advisers were around in the last weeks, you could talk to them. >> on the record? >> talk to them on the record. you could do that. but as far as the candidate himself, no. the last day of the campaign...
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general petraeus was scheduled to testify this week. now, that as we know was derailed by the scandal. senator john mccain is one of several republican lawmakers remanding more information from the obama administration on just what the heck happened in benghazi and around benghazi. he's scheduled to give a news conference at the bottom of the hour and we are going to have measure on that. our dana bash has been doing the best she can to take in all of the information. listen, this is tricky. so many of these stories are interconnected. there is a lot of reporting. not all confirmed, but u maybe just start with this. how has this matter worked out that general petraeus will indeed show up on capitol hill and testify voluntarily? >> well, it started with the senate intelligence chairwoman, dianne feinstein telling us yesterday that that was her desire. in her words, that's a big stone left unturned if petraeus doesn't come up here and tell members of congress what he knew about what went on in benghazi, so that's where it started. then la
general petraeus was scheduled to testify this week. now, that as we know was derailed by the scandal. senator john mccain is one of several republican lawmakers remanding more information from the obama administration on just what the heck happened in benghazi and around benghazi. he's scheduled to give a news conference at the bottom of the hour and we are going to have measure on that. our dana bash has been doing the best she can to take in all of the information. listen, this is tricky. so...
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president obama had a bigger lead here in pennsylvania just a few weeks ago. fred? >> so, paul, is that feeling that the ads have helped the mitt romney campaign kind of put themselves over the top or at least near the top? >> reporter: this state got no attention in the presidential contest until the last week or two. you know what? the obama campaign says that the romney campaign is doing this out of desperation. this is a last-minute bid to try to win pennsylvania because the obama campaign says the romney campaign is not doing well in ohio, in other states like wisconsin and iowa. romney campaign says, no, not at all. we're making this last minute pitch because we think we can broaden the map. but you know, four years ago we saw john mccain and sarah palin come here to pennsylvania the last minute. we have seen other republicans like bob dole in '96 and president obama as well make pitches here in pennsylvania. they were not successful either. fred? i guess we'll find out on november 6th, right? >> just three days away. appreciate it. we'll check back with you t
president obama had a bigger lead here in pennsylvania just a few weeks ago. fred? >> so, paul, is that feeling that the ads have helped the mitt romney campaign kind of put themselves over the top or at least near the top? >> reporter: this state got no attention in the presidential contest until the last week or two. you know what? the obama campaign says that the romney campaign is doing this out of desperation. this is a last-minute bid to try to win pennsylvania because the...
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you also wrote a really interesting article about what you think he needs to do next week. >> obama? >> obama to change the narrative. you think he actually needs to come much more to the middle. >> i think he's already in the middle but i think he needs to make it much more explicit. i think the key thing he needs to do is persuade independents and people in the middle of the road that he's dead serious about the debt and paul ryan and mitt romney are not serious about the debt. >> you think the way to do that is by reembracing simpson/boels? >> yes, by saying that what i want to do is a grand compromise and get the democrats to agree to cut medicare and entitlements and get the republicans to agree to raise some revenues in taxes and trimming the defense and if we can all do that together, and the sunset of the bush tax cuts will help. whereas ryan wants to cut taxes and increase defense spending and not tackling medicare right now, but only tackling medicare in 20 years' time, and they won't balance the budget for 28 years according to the cbo, so obama needs to own tackling the d
you also wrote a really interesting article about what you think he needs to do next week. >> obama? >> obama to change the narrative. you think he actually needs to come much more to the middle. >> i think he's already in the middle but i think he needs to make it much more explicit. i think the key thing he needs to do is persuade independents and people in the middle of the road that he's dead serious about the debt and paul ryan and mitt romney are not serious about the...
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the allege it misconduct unfolded last week before president obama arrived in columbia. a source tells cnn that there were drugs involved in the incident. national security contributor fran townsend who's just learning more information about the specific team the service members were on. what can you tell us? >> anderson, you know we talk about this group of skreecret service -- what we're learning there is this group of agents, at least some portion of them are part of what's called the junk team. the junk team arrives only in the last 36 to 48 hours prior to the president. they had just arrived the morning of this incident. so you arrive, you drop the car off, the car is being protected, that's not an issue. they go to their hotel, they check in. there's a control room where you can get rid of any sensitive documents and weapons. shower up you get ready and you go out to dinner. and it's the evening they arrived in the country. >> the same day they rife, they go out and pick up these women allegedly. >> that's exactly right. >> and they obviously had some knowledge of
the allege it misconduct unfolded last week before president obama arrived in columbia. a source tells cnn that there were drugs involved in the incident. national security contributor fran townsend who's just learning more information about the specific team the service members were on. what can you tell us? >> anderson, you know we talk about this group of skreecret service -- what we're learning there is this group of agents, at least some portion of them are part of what's called the...
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switching gears now, we saw a flash of bipartisan ship this week. dean, you say some people over-reacted to the obama-christie display? >> i'm originally from new jersey. i think this is a great gesture. we need more bipartisan ship, especially in a time of emergency. has chris christie ruined his chances because he worked with president obama? we should be encouraging bipartisanship. we should be throwing people. these guys like to fight more than get things done. congress is a mess. the problem is no bipartis bipartisanship. this was a great moment. >> i thought the same thing. i said, listen, two men -- the two men working together getting things done this is how our government should work. >> i absolutely agree. i will tell you i haven't heard one word of criticism coming out of mitt romney or paul ryan. not only am i swing state election survivor, i'm also a hurricane survivor, as a floridan. when you're in a natural disaster of this size, you want to see your federal, your state, your local authorities all working together cooperating to solve
switching gears now, we saw a flash of bipartisan ship this week. dean, you say some people over-reacted to the obama-christie display? >> i'm originally from new jersey. i think this is a great gesture. we need more bipartisan ship, especially in a time of emergency. has chris christie ruined his chances because he worked with president obama? we should be encouraging bipartisanship. we should be throwing people. these guys like to fight more than get things done. congress is a mess. the...
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and, again, i've been present at all these meetings between prime minister netanyahu and president obama and i can say, again, these are friendly meeting, open meeting, there was another phone call several weeks ago between prime minister and the president. it was exceedingly friendly. prime minister netanyahu met with secretary of state hillary clinton, again a very friendly and constructive meetings. we're allies. allies can disagree. the great test of loins is not whether we can agree on everything but how we move ahead of our disagreements and today whether on the palestinian issue, the iranian issue, a dozen other -- >> so you're still married. >> we're quite married and stay that way. >> what does the reelection of president obama mean. obama's victory brings home the fact that the state of israel must take care of its own interests we cannot rely on anyone but ourselves. and an interview on channel 2 in israel netanyahu said if someone sits here as prime minister of israel and he can't take action matters that are cardinal to the existence of this country, its future and security,
and, again, i've been present at all these meetings between prime minister netanyahu and president obama and i can say, again, these are friendly meeting, open meeting, there was another phone call several weeks ago between prime minister and the president. it was exceedingly friendly. prime minister netanyahu met with secretary of state hillary clinton, again a very friendly and constructive meetings. we're allies. allies can disagree. the great test of loins is not whether we can agree on...
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we'll be going through the map for several weeks to come. >>> the obama campaign says it wants to make a deal with mitt romney if he releases more of his tax returns. ahead, how team romney responds to that. >>> and a camera that knows your face and tracks your shopping habits using facebook. is it a deal or a danger? at shell, we believe the world needs a broader mix of energies. that's why we're supplying natural gas to generate cleaner electricity... that has around 50% fewer co2 emissions than coal. and it's also why, with our partner in brazil, shell is producing ethanol - a biofuel made from renewable sugarcane. >>a minute, mom! let's broaden the world's energy mix. let's go. but with advair, i'm breathing better. so now i can be in the scene. advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. unlike most copd medications, advair contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator working together to help improve your lung function all day. advair won't replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms and should not be used more than twice a
we'll be going through the map for several weeks to come. >>> the obama campaign says it wants to make a deal with mitt romney if he releases more of his tax returns. ahead, how team romney responds to that. >>> and a camera that knows your face and tracks your shopping habits using facebook. is it a deal or a danger? at shell, we believe the world needs a broader mix of energies. that's why we're supplying natural gas to generate cleaner electricity... that has around 50%...
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obama has been president for four years, and i think that it is incumbent on us to do two things. one, we have to prosecute the president as far as whether he fulfill fulfilled the mission that he laid out in '08, and he didn't, but the second piece is telling the story about a man that is decent, honorable and gave away his father's inheritance and started something from nothing and created a great business and five great boys and saved the olympics and governed in a difficult state as a republican and very successful. we need somebody to fix the economy and mitt romney is the one who can do it, but it is part of what a convention is all about. >> it is something that he's talked about a little and others around him have talked about and certainly, they haven't shyed away from the, this is a man who is generous, et cetera, et cete cetera, and has not take anne hold. at the end of these four days, after he gives his acceptance speech, what is anybody going to know that is different about mitt romney than they know now? >> well, they are going to learn about who he is as a person,
obama has been president for four years, and i think that it is incumbent on us to do two things. one, we have to prosecute the president as far as whether he fulfill fulfilled the mission that he laid out in '08, and he didn't, but the second piece is telling the story about a man that is decent, honorable and gave away his father's inheritance and started something from nothing and created a great business and five great boys and saved the olympics and governed in a difficult state as a...
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. >> you've been stumping for obama. we have a clip of you doing some work for him in marion last week. let's take a look at this. >> now it is very clear. in fact, i would argue that mitt romney is irrelevant to this particular election. this election is between barack obama and paul ryan. >> which is a message you said to me earlier. >> and i personally want to apologize, because i just notice i'm wearing the same shirt. >> i wouldn't worry about that. but you met barack obama for an hour with a few others. what was the meeting sfliek how did he seem to you? and you're an honest guy, you're a tough talker. what is your honest assess. of his performance as president in the last four years? >> i start with a bias. i love him. i did not start out loving him. i started out supporting hillary clinton in '08. but i as a citizen saw what 2008 was like and oh, my gosh, everyone i knew was looking to see if their homes -- their life savings had been knocked out, whether or not they could afford to pay the mortgage on their home
. >> you've been stumping for obama. we have a clip of you doing some work for him in marion last week. let's take a look at this. >> now it is very clear. in fact, i would argue that mitt romney is irrelevant to this particular election. this election is between barack obama and paul ryan. >> which is a message you said to me earlier. >> and i personally want to apologize, because i just notice i'm wearing the same shirt. >> i wouldn't worry about that. but you...
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have supposedly been in the obama column for months. whether or not that's a temporary shift, what does it say about the strength of the president's support that those leads which, you know, two weeks ago seemed solid, evaporated so quickly? >> well, you still are 25 days out and you're going to have -- the movement has been very narrow. but the lead was very narrow. so there's not very many people actually in play, even in those swing states. you're only talking about 4% probably of the vote and probably really only six states. i'm kind of with king on this. i don't believe that any of the states john kerry carried are likely to be carried by mitt romney. maybe michigan, maybe pennsylvania, take a look at them, i don't see it. but that makes the electoral map much easier for the president. he needs the john kerry states, j.k., plus florida and nothing else, or plus ohio and any one other state. that's a much easier map, than a much more complicated inside straight that john drew, the three two one map romney's got to draw. >> to that i
have supposedly been in the obama column for months. whether or not that's a temporary shift, what does it say about the strength of the president's support that those leads which, you know, two weeks ago seemed solid, evaporated so quickly? >> well, you still are 25 days out and you're going to have -- the movement has been very narrow. but the lead was very narrow. so there's not very many people actually in play, even in those swing states. you're only talking about 4% probably of the...
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. >> the same intensity of him campaigning notice last week. we really saw that -- i watched obama last night, making his acceptance speech. that was the obama i remember from '08, it wasn't the obama we saw in his convention speech. it wasn't the obama we saw in the debates. for some reason he was a little lackluster in this campaign. when it mattered, i thought he ripped it up. >> if we can get him apart and go after the fiscal cliff and deal with the republicans and go after his own staff, bring those cabinet members in, bang heads, how are we doing about jobs, putting every plan, regulation, is this a job creator or a job killer, and be on him and managing them. >> the republicans have got to be less intransigent too. >> yes. >> they have to be less driven i would argue, by the tea party, by the more right wing members of the party. they have to try to bring themselves a little bit more to the middle, haven't they? >> and the president has got to lasso harry reid who is day one has come out prepared to change the filibuster rules and all th
. >> the same intensity of him campaigning notice last week. we really saw that -- i watched obama last night, making his acceptance speech. that was the obama i remember from '08, it wasn't the obama we saw in his convention speech. it wasn't the obama we saw in the debates. for some reason he was a little lackluster in this campaign. when it mattered, i thought he ripped it up. >> if we can get him apart and go after the fiscal cliff and deal with the republicans and go after his...
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. >>> president obama says he is willing to negotiate when it comes to the so-called fiscal cliff, and this week he will get his chance as he sits down with congressional leaders once again in a bid to cut the national deficit. the meeting could have implications for talks going forward. athena jones has more now from washington. >> it's time to get back to work. >> reporter: with the election in the rearview mirror, the focus in washington is back on efforts to avoid the economically devastating fiscal cliff. >> if we just go over the cliff and let those policies stay in effect, we're basically going to undo the recovery. metro party really wants to be blamed for that. >> reporter: the cliff amounts to $7 trillion in spending cuts and tax increases over the next decade. the threat of these painful cuts set to begin on january 1st is part of a deal congress and the president made last year to force them to agree on a long-term deficit reduction plan. >> this is a scenario that congress has said if we don't act, we're going to shoot ours. >> reporter: so far that long-term plan hasn't m
. >>> president obama says he is willing to negotiate when it comes to the so-called fiscal cliff, and this week he will get his chance as he sits down with congressional leaders once again in a bid to cut the national deficit. the meeting could have implications for talks going forward. athena jones has more now from washington. >> it's time to get back to work. >> reporter: with the election in the rearview mirror, the focus in washington is back on efforts to avoid the...